Common names: Tropical Blue Bamboo / Emperor’s Blue Bamboo / White Bamboo

Clumper or Runner: Clumper — non-invasive, open clumping bamboo.

Height / diameter / Internode: 8 – 12 m, occasionally up to 18 m / 3 – 7 cm / 30 – 45 cm, occasionally longer. Published botanical descriptions list culms around 5–10 m, occasionally 18 m, with 30–50 mm culms and internodes 30–45 cm, occasionally up to 100 cm.

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Powdery blue-white young culms, maturing green with a pale white bloom / narrow green leaves / branches higher up with a clean lower culm appearance. It is especially valued for its attractive blue-white culm bloom.

Potted/Garden/Commercial: Garden, estate, landscape, privacy screen, ornamental feature, windbreak, craft use. Better for larger gardens or open landscapes than small suburban beds because the mature clump can become broad.

Minimum Temperatures / Climate: Approximately −4°C to −6°C / tropical to subtropical, warm temperate in protected positions. Some nursery sources list around −4°C, while other grower references suggest occasional tolerance close to −6°C, but young shoots should be protected from frost.

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH: Medium to high water requirement / best in warm, humid, sheltered areas / well-drained sandy, loamy or clay soils / mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH. It prefers moist soil and grows in sun to semi-shade.

Uses: Premium ornamental bamboo, privacy screening, living fence, windbreak, feature planting, garden landscaping, basketry, weaving, craft material and paper production. The long internodes and attractive culms make it especially useful as a decorative bamboo and for light craft applications.

Common name: Giant Thorny Bamboo / Indian Thorny Bamboo / Spiny Bamboo

Growth habit: Clumping bamboo

Height / Culm diameter / Internode length:
25–30 m, sometimes up to 35 m / 10–18 cm, sometimes larger in ideal conditions / 10–15 cm, sometimes longer depending on site conditions

Culm colour / Leaf length / Branching:
Green culms, often becoming dull green to grey-green with age / 12–18 cm leaves / many branches, with lower branches often thorny or spiny

Suitable for:
Commercial cultivation, farm boundary planting, windbreaks, erosion control and biomass production. Less suitable for small gardens because of its large, thorny clumps.

Minimum temperature / Climate:
Approximately −2°C to −3°C once established / Tropical to warm subtropical, preferably humid and wet tropical climates

Annual water requirement / Altitude / Soil / pH:
Approximately 1,000–2,500 mm rainfall or irrigation, performs best with good moisture / 0–1,250 m altitude / prefers rich, moist, well-drained alluvial, loamy or heavier soils / pH approximately 5.5–7.5

Main uses:
Strong construction poles, scaffolding, fencing, farm structures, house building, baskets, mats, paper pulp, edible young shoots, fuel, charcoal, biomass, erosion control, live fencing, windbreaks and protective boundary planting.

Important  note:
Bambusa bambos is a very strong commercial bamboo, but it is thorny.

10 plugs @R83/PLUG = 1 x  box(R830/10)

20 plugs @R78/PLUG = 2 x  box(R1 560/20)

Plugs are cultured from tissue culturing and not from seeds. This allows us to get the best genetic material with the best selected characteristics.

The plugs are +/- 30cm tall and will require to be replanted into 2,5 liter bags filled with, preferably river sand and added Bio ganic(Pure natural organic fertilization based on mature chicken manure) to the soil mixture. Each plant needs at least 150 – 200ml of sprayed water every 2-3 days to keep them moist. The roots can take up to 10 months to strengthen, before it can be replanted into bigger bags or planted in plantations.

Pros.: Using plugs helps the plant to adjust to the climate.  It is also more cost effective transport wise and you can be part of the nurturing of the bamboo in your own home or nursery.  It is ideal for Commercial Farming or Large Gardens. Minimal maintenance once established.

Cons.:  (Farmers) There might be a lead time of 3 – 6 months to prepare large quantities of plugs.

NB: Plugs are usually only sold in boxes of 540 plants and not sold separately to Nurseries or the public, except if there is a Nation wide promotion to promote species, like this one. Our Supplier receives a yearly phytosanitary certificate verifying that all the agricultural products(bamboo plants and -plugs) have been inspected and are pest and disease free. This is for importing and exporting the bamboo plants and -plugs. In the more than 25
years this supplier supplied Africa, none of their products has been declined by customs. They are also inspected by the Department of agriculture, land reform & rural development on a yearly base.

Species:  Bambusa balcooa

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode:  15 – 25 m / 2.5 – 10 cm / 20 – 40 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch:  Silver brown / 6 – 30 cm / several to many

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden or Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  −5°C / Tropical wet

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  600 – 5 000 mm / 0 – 600 m, prefer heavy texture soil / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses:  Young edible shoots, leaves for fodder, building material, mats, baskets, pulp, scaffolding, panels, windbreaker, furniture, suitable for biomass, charcoal and energy charcoal production.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode:  15 – 25 m / 2.5 – 10 cm / 20 – 40 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch:  Silver brown / 6 – 30 cm / several to many

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden or Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  −5°C / Tropical wet

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  600 – 5 000 mm / 0 – 600 m, prefer heavy texture soil / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses:  Young edible shoots, leaves for fodder, building material, mats, baskets, pulp, scaffolding, panels, windbreaker, furniture, suitable for biomass, charcoal and energy charcoal production.

540 plugs(minimum order) = 1 x  box = +/-1 Hectare of bamboo plants

Plugs are cultured from tissue culturing and not from seeds. This allows us to get the best genetic material with the best selected characteristics.

Thus all the plants will be the same, and not different when you use seeds. The plugs are +/- 30cm tall and will require to be replanted into 2,5 liter bags filled with, preferably river sand and added Bio ganic(Pure natural organic fertilization based on mature chicken manure) to the soil mixture. Each plant needs at least 150 – 200ml of sprayed water every 2-3 days to keep them moist. The roots can take up to 10 months to strengthen, before it can be replanted into bigger bags or planted in a plantations.

Pros.: Using plugs helps the plant to adjust to the climate easier.  It is also more cost effective transport wise and you can be part of the nurturing of the bamboo in your own nursery.  It is ideal for Commercial Farming.

Cons.: Plugs must be replanted in 2,5 Liter bags, filled with a sand mixture with added Bio ganic or something similar and kept for up to 10 months in these planting bags before it can be replanted.  There might be a lead time of 3 – 6 months to prepare large quantities of plugs.

NB: Plugs will only be sold in boxes of 540 plants and not be sold separately to Nurseries or the public, except if we have a Nation wide promotion to promote other species. Our Supplier receives a yearly phytosanitary certificate verifying that all the agricultural products(bamboo plants and -plugs) have been inspected and are pest and disease free. This is for importing and exporting the bamboo plants and -plugs. In the more than 25
years this supplier supplied Africa, none of his products has been declined by customs. They are also inspected by the Department of agriculture, land reform & rural development on a yearly base.

Species:  Bambusa balcooa

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode:  15 – 25 m / 2.5 – 10 cm / 20 – 40 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch:  Silver brown / 6 – 30 cm / several to many

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden or Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  −5°C / Tropical wet

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  600 – 5 000 mm / 0 – 600 m, prefer heavy texture soil / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses:  Young edible shoots, leaves for fodder, building material, mats, baskets, pulp, scaffolding, panels, windbreaker, furniture, suitable for biomass, charcoal and energy charcoal production.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode:  15 – 25 m / 2.5 – 10 cm / 20 – 40 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch:  Silver brown / 6 – 30 cm / several to many

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden or Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  −5°C / Tropical wet

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  600 – 5 000 mm / 0 – 600 m, prefer heavy texture soil / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses:  Young edible shoots, leaves for fodder, building material, mats, baskets, pulp, scaffolding, panels, windbreaker, furniture, suitable for biomass, charcoal and energy charcoal production.